Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6
The importance of interoperability and
intelligibility in digital preservation
Simon Lambert, Simon.Lambert@stfc.ac.uk
Scientific Computing Department, STFC, UK
APARSEN webinar, November 2013
Co-ordinated by
aparsen.eu
#APARSEN
Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6
What is APARSEN?
• A Network of Excellence in digital preservation
• Funded by European Commission
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7th Framework Programme — Digital Libraries and Digital
Preservation
• Runs January 2011 to December 2014 (4 years)
• Coordinated by Science and Technology Facilities Council
(UK)
Intreoperability and intelligibility
Simon Lambert, STFC
Webinar, November 2013
aparsen.eu
#APARSEN
Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6
Objectives of APARSEN
• Broad scope
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Application domains
Aspects of the problem
Approaches and techniques
• Defragmentation of effort
• Leading to a Virtual Centre of Excellence founded on a
common vision of digital preservation
Intreoperability and intelligibility
Simon Lambert, STFC
Webinar, November 2013
aparsen.eu
#APARSEN
Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6
Approach of APARSEN
TRUST
SUSTAIN
ABILITY
USABILITY
ACCESS
Stream 1
Integration
Stream 2
Technical
research
Stream 3
Non-technical
research
Stream 4
Sustainable
uptake
Intreoperability and intelligibility
Simon Lambert, STFC
Webinar, November 2013
aparsen.eu
#APARSEN
Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6
What is interoperability?
• “… the ability of two or more systems or components to
•
exchange information and to use the information that has
been exchanged.”
A prerequisite for intelligibility
Intreoperability and intelligibility
Simon Lambert, STFC
Webinar, November 2013
aparsen.eu
#APARSEN
Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6
Why relevant to digital preservation?
• PARSE.Insight’s threats to future access to digital assets
• No. 1: “Users may be unable to understand or use the data
e.g. the semantics, format, processes or algorithms
involved”
• An interoperability issue
Intreoperability and intelligibility
Simon Lambert, STFC
Webinar, November 2013
aparsen.eu
#APARSEN
Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6
Interoperability and digital preservation
Stakeholder
communities
DP areas
Technical
Organizational
Political
Economical
Legal
temporal
Interoperability
objects
DP as INTEROPERABILITY WITH THE FUTURE
The set of activities to ensure that current systems
INTEROPERATE with future systems
to guarantee that digital
Temporal
resources remain accessible and re-usable over a long period
of time maintaining their meaning and value.
Intreoperability and intelligibility
Simon Lambert, STFC
Webinar, November 2013
aparsen.eu
#APARSEN
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Interoperability and digital preservation
DP is a GLOBAL
issue
Need of
International
consensus on
interoperability
GLOBAL
INTEGRATING
CROSSBOUNDARY
SOLUTIONS
DP requirements
and challenges
as interoperability
challenges
Interoperability as
a conceptual
framework to
define the DP
research agenda
STRATEGIC
ALIGNMENT OF
TECHNOLOGY
WITH DP GOALS
Heterogeneity of
digital information
Need of
interoperability at
different levels
ALLENCOMPASSING
PERSPECTIVE
Intreoperability and intelligibility
Simon Lambert, STFC
Webinar, November 2013
aparsen.eu
#APARSEN
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Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6
What APARSEN is doing
Interoperability is a crucial imperative for implementing
effective DP strategies and solutions
Complex landscape of interoperability objectives and
approaches
Diagnosing this ecosystem is a fundamental step to reach a
common awareness about interoperability challenges in DP
and define a core set of interoperability objectives for the
future
Role of the APARSEN NoE to coordinate the definition of the
research agenda and drive the development of solutions
The APARSEN study on INTEROPERABILITY
OBJECTIVES AND APPROACHES in DP
Intreoperability and intelligibility
Simon Lambert, STFC
Webinar, November 2013
aparsen.eu
#APARSEN
Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6
The approach taken: Stage 1
• Review of concept
• State of the art
• Scenarios
• Gap analysis
• Recommendations
• Guidelines
Intreoperability and intelligibility
Simon Lambert, STFC
Webinar, November 2013
aparsen.eu
#APARSEN
Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6
The approach taken: Stage 2
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Importance of concept of performability
Modelling dependencies
What can be automated?
Emphasis on converters and emulators
Intreoperability and intelligibility
Simon Lambert, STFC
Webinar, November 2013
aparsen.eu
#APARSEN
Co-funded by the European Union under FP7-ICT-2009-6
The approach taken
• Two stages with two reports:
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Interoperability objectives and approaches
Interoperability strategies
• Demonstrator developed: Epimenides
Intreoperability and intelligibility
Simon Lambert, STFC
Webinar, November 2013
aparsen.eu
#APARSEN
aparsen.eu
Network of Excellence
#APARSEN